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International Financial Institutions Program News

April 2013	Civil Society and Entrepreneurs Call on World Bank to Clean Up Energy Lending
March 2013	New CIEL blog post asks #Whatwillittake for the World Bank to uphold human rights?
January 2013	The World Bank's private sector financing arm doesn't know the environmental and social impacts of nearly half its portfolio
October 2012	Civil society fears World Bank poised to weaken its social and environmental policies and procedures
October 2012	CIEL is seeking a Senior Attorney for our International Finance project
May 2012	International Finance Corporation to be audited for its involvement in privatizing Kosovo's electricity grid
April 2012	Civil society organziations call for greater scrutiny of hedge funds and banks used to finance development.
November 2011	U.S. Senators urge strengthening of the World Bank's new approach to lending - Program-for-Results (P4R) lending.
March 2011	Getting the International Finance Corporation to respect and protect human rights.
February 2011	World Bank Inspection Panel under threat.
January 2011	CIEL hosts Human Rights and Private Sector Investment: Views from the Global South, February 1st, 2011.
October 2010	CIEL hosted a Civil Society meeting to discuss the IFC's review of its Policy and Performance Standards on October 6th, 2011
September 2010	Civil society organizations demand reform of World Bank Group lending to private corporations
August 2010	CIEL submits Palm Oil Strategy Review Comments to the World Bank Group
March 2010	Civil Society organizations from around the world call on the IFC to strengthen its environmental and social standards to ensure that its loans to private corporations benefit local communities and do not adversely impact the environment and human rights.
November 2009	CIEL hosted a discussion about the International Finance Corporation’s investments in Indonesian palm oil.
November 2009	Proposed Ex-Im Bank carbon policy undermines US Administration's commitment to phase-out fossil fuels. Read more in civil society letter from CIEL and others.
November 2009	CIEL and Bretton Woods Project formally request that the U.N. Special Representative on Business and Human Rights help ensure that the Performance Standards of the International Finance Corporation provide a robust framework for securing human rights.
October 2009	CIEL and colleagues submit suggestions for strengthening the accountability mechanism of the African Development Bank, the Independent Review Mechanism.
February 2009	Investigation Finds that OPIC Denied that Project-Affected Community is Indigenous, Did Not Comply with its Policies
February 2009	The International Finance Corporation Improperly Interferes in Pending Investigation on Biofuels.
November 2008	CIEL prepares analysis of the Asian Development Bank's proposed "Country Systems Strategy" for civil society consultations on the ADB's proposed "Safeguard Policy Statement.
October 2008	Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on business & human rights, John Ruggie, thanks CIEL and colleagues for the "extensive analysis" in their submission, "The International Finance Corporation's performance standards and the Equator Principles: respecting human rights and remedying violations?"
August 2008	CIEL and colleagues find that the International Finance Corporation and leading international banks do not have a robust framework for minimizing the social risks posed by their projects.
April 2008	Civil Society Organizations urge World Bank President Zoellick to reform process for selecting panel members to the World Bank accountability mechanism
April 2008	CIEL participates in event on World Bank-Financed Water Projects on 15 April 2008.
April 2008	CIEL discusses the World Bank's Country Systems approach at the World Bank Spring Meetings
April 2008	CIEL urges Inter-American Development Bank Executive Directors to ensure much-needed reform of the IDB Accountability Mechanism
March 2008	Victims of Biofuel: Nicaraguan Communities Affected by IFC-Funded Ethanol Plant File Complaint
December 2007	CIEL publishes The Citizen's Guide to the OPIC Accountability Mechanism to help give local communities affected by OPIC-supported projects a voice in the development process
May 2007	CIEL releases in-depth legal analysis of the Global Environment Facility’s new, controversial Resource Allocation Framework, which currently applies to the GEF climate and biological diversity focal areas.
March 2007	CIEL analyzes the human rights responsibilities of International Financial Institutions at a public hearing held at the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights
November 2006	CIEL and NGO colleagues comment on Environment, Health and Safety Guidelines of the World Bank
January 2006	ECA Watch Coalition submits comments regarding the implementation of the OECD Recommendation on Common Approaches on Environment and Officially Supported Export Credits
November 2004	CIEL's analysis of the World Bank's proposed country systems approach identifies nearly 150 areas of policy weakening and 20 areas of strengthening.
November 2003	Civil society organizations challenge the latest Revised Draft OECD Recommendation on Common Approaches on Environment and Officially Supported Export Credits of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
November 2003	CIEL expresses concerns over the proposed Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline project to the International Finance Corporation and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
October 2003	The Inspection Panel: Accountability and Participation at the World Bank; Remarks of Daniel B. Magraw, President Center for International Environmental Law, as presented at the Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund on September 22, 2003 in Dubai, UAE
June 2003	Responding to a complaint from Pehuenche Communities in southern Chile, the CAO of the World Bank's International Finance Corporation has recently released its Assessment Report of IFC's involvement in the Pangue/Ralco Hydro-electric Project
June 2003	Civil society organizations around the world call on the International Commission on Large Dams to incorporate the recommendations of the World Commission on Dams into their new Code of Ethics
March 2003	CIEL Comments on the Draft "Procedures to Submit Objections Concerning the Japan Bank for International Cooperation's Guidelines for Confirmation of Environmental and Social Considerations"
February 2003	CIEL questions President of Inter-American Development Bank over systematic problems with the structure and procedures of the Independent Investigation Mechanism
February 2003	Secretive World Bank Tribunal Bans Public and Media Participation in Bechtel Lawsuit Over Access To Water
November 2002	CIEL comments on the the Draft "Review of IFC's Safeguard Policies"
November 2001	Police arrest Environmental Activist, Opposition Leader in Tanzania
September 2001	Environmental and human rights NGOs call for independent review of Forced Displacement and Alleged Massacre at Bulyanhulu, Tanzania
May 2001	Stop the World Bank's efforts to help Shell drill for oil in the politically volatile and environmentally sensitive Niger Delta
April 2001	World Bank Weakening Involuntary Resettlement Policy; learn about the policy to protect communities from displacement!
February 2001	Read the open letter to the President of the World Bank Concerning the International Advisory Group
February 2001	Environmentalists Express Concern Regarding World Bank Resettlement Policy Draft
February 2001	Environmentalists Express Concern as World Bank Announces Watchdog for Chad-Cameroon Pipeline
January 2001	World Bank Weakening Resettlement Policy - click here for update, access to the internal draft policy, and what you can do
October 2000	NGO comments to the Draft Terms of Reference for the International Advisory Group (Chad Cameroon Pipeline)
September 2000	Profiling Problem Projects - Making the Case for Change at the International Finance Corporation
August 2000	VICTORY! World Bank Effort to Support China's Population Transfer Into Tibet is Defeated!
June 2000	All Gloves Are OFF! The Final Stretch in the Campaign to Stop the World Bank's China-Tibet resettlement Project.
June 2000	Chad Military Threatens Citizens with Death for Opposing a Controversial Oil Pipeline Set for Approval by World Bank
April 2000	More than 10 Million Poor Displaced by World Bank Projects Activists Demand Moratorium, Reparations
August 1999	Researcher Injured While Investigating Controversial World Bank Project in China
April 1999	World Bank Board Approves Controversial Proposal To Change Inspection Panel
April 1999	Environmentalists Welcome New Environmental Watchdog At IFC And MIGA
May 1998	Yacyreta and Singrauli Update: Action Needed Now
February 1998	Claimants Address World Bank Board of Executive Directors
January 1998	International Lawyers Worldwide Call For Strengthening of the Inspection Panel
September 1997	World Bank Board of Executive Directors Votes on Singrauli and Itaparica Claims
July 1997	Independent Review Confirms IFC Covered Up Social and Environmental Impacts from Chilean Dam Project
April 1997	Villagers Challenge World Bank Role in Thermal Power Projects in Singrauli, India
April 1997	Report on Controversial Chilean Dam Submitted to World Bank President
March 1997	World Bank Authorizes Inspection into Massive Dam Project in Argentina and Paraguay

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